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Facts Over Feelings: Why Rationalism is Important
Facts Over Feelings: Why Rationalism is ImportantSo I just watched Actualized.org's Introspection video! It was great! I am just going to get right to the point, I think that rationalism is a better guide than feelings (please prove me wrong). As much as I want to agree with Yoda when he says "search your feelings," I just do not see how we can trust our feelings. Our feelings are arbitrary and random. Rationality has been my way to cope with my feelings. My feelings are not always rational, and I think the best way of introspecting is by examining your own mind and contemplating it. You can examine your feelings, but our feelings are impermanent. They are always subject to change, whereas rationality is more constant and in our control. However, I do acknowledge the criticism of how can do we know what is rational? What is the difference between rationality, and how can we know if rationality is the best way? These are good criticisms because we cannot use rationality to verify whether it is the best way because that is biased, but this objection also works with feelings.
I think we should feeling into our emotions, harness intuition, but truthful rationality is our instrument to guide our introspection. Rationality is not about following some mathematical or logical formula. Rationality is just using our thoughts to verify our experience on a deeper and impartial level. Rationality is best when it is free and not bound by rules because to think outside the box, we have to be willing to explore the territory that is beyond logic. Logic is a structured way of thinking, whereas rationality is more just about exploration, questioning, wonder, not-knowing to verify what is true. Feelings can be influenced by events that are random and maybe irrational, but true rationality is able to see through the bullshit, and even it's own limitations.
Many people say that they "feel the holy spirit." But if you were that person, how would you know that you felt the holy spirit and not just something else? I think rationality helps us observe things impartially. As soon as we bias our rationality to serve our beliefs, it becomes irrationality disguised as rationality to the person who thinks their beliefs are rational and not just beliefs, but the Absolute Truth.
So this is my argument, please help me out here because I am more of a thinker than a feeler. I have used Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), which is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) on myself my whole life. I used my rationality to influence my emotions rather than my emotions influencing my rationality. I think this is very important because emotions can influence how we rationalize things, but the rationality I am talking about is more like contemplation. I see contemplation as basically rationalizing or questioning things at a deeper level to understand it.
Thank you!
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What does it mean to lack consciousness?
What does it mean to lack consciousness?The mind will play all sorts of games and it is easily traumatized or freaked out.
Very high states easily result in a freakout.
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What does it mean to lack consciousness?
What does it mean to lack consciousness?The best example is when you're sleepy, tired, or in a food coma -- you are less conscious than usual.
No. Consciousness is a state you are in, not any information you know.
You can think of consciousness as your level of mental sharpness. To lack consciousness is to engage in behavior without self-awareness.
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An easy way to vet out incompatible women
An easy way to vet out incompatible womenWhat?
If a girl is sleeping with you she will naturally talk to you about deeper things than she talks with other guys about. It's rare to talk to people about deep things if you aren't sleeping with them.
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Is doing cold approach in a big city in the US safe?
Is doing cold approach in a big city in the US safe?I have never heard of a PUA getting shot. So yes, it's very safe.
You could get shot just walking through a Walmart. So this has nothing to do with pickup.
All Vegas clubs have metal detectors and very good security. Vegas hotels have some of the best security in the world.
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Transgenderism and transrace
Transgenderism and transrace@DrugsBunny The trap you're falling into is that you preceive any questioning of this trans phenomena as an attack. But since it is a new phenomena, it requires lots of questioning. You cannot change something as fundamental as gender and not expect people to question it. That's an absurd expectation. Calling everyone a transphobe for having questions is not an intelligent or workable position.
People are legitamtely freaked out by this trans stuff. Because when you see a woman with a beard, it's fucking weird. And no amount of logic or studies changes that.
If your son comes to you and says he wants to be a girl, you should rightly be concerned. Because that's a serious obstacle to his survival. And none of your woke progressive self-righteousness changes that. To be encouraging such behavior is not wise.
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5meodmt & Dark energy
5meodmt & Dark energyNever experienced that in over 200 trips of 5-MeO.
But of course something like that is possible. I've seen fucking dragons on 4-AcO-DMT.
There's really no limit to what Consciousness can imagine. If your mind goes in the direction of imagining dragons, you will see dragons.
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Sleeping with multiple girls yes or no?
Sleeping with multiple girls yes or no?The simple rule is this: Until she sleeps with you, you are allowed to flirt/date other girls. There is no exclusivity until at least after sex.
You should keep talking to girls until one of them sleeps with you and wants exclusivity. Until such time you are a free man and you talk and flirt with anyone you want. Do not sit around waiting for a girl, thinking she is your girlfriend. She's not your girlfriend yet.
Obviously you do not explicate any of this to her. You just go about your life and don't tell her anything.
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How to deal with the sensation of insanity
How to deal with the sensation of insanityEmbrace it, surrender to it.
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How is Developmental Psychology privileged over Postmodernism?
How is Developmental Psychology privileged over Postmodernism?Ultimately it's all relative. But some worldviews and models are better at explaining human behavior than others.
Developmental psychology is better at explaining human behavior than post-modernism. Of course a post-modernist would disagree. But nothing says we have to care about their disagreement.
Post-modernism wants to say that all perspectives are equal. But that just isn't the case. Some are more accurate.
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Rumi used to smoke weed?
Rumi used to smoke weed?Lack of thought is not necessarily a good thing, despite what the Buddhists would have you believe.
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Important! - Nobody On This Forum Is AWAKE
Important! - Nobody On This Forum Is AWAKEI have since reached much higher Awakening. That video is years old.
Pretty much. But you don't have to reach the highest to get a lot of value out of this work. It's the journey not the destination. Don't be too in a rush. Enjoy the whole process of investigating Consciousness. It's all good stuff. And all your lowest awakenings will still be awesome. You don't need the highest right off the bat.
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Is there a difference between time and change?
Is there a difference between time and change?You see your visual field changing all the time. Now just remove time from that. Allow it to change but within Eternity rather than time. Just strip time from your experience. Pretend like you grew up but never learned what time was.
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Do I have to choose between seeking truth and living a "normal" human life?
Do I have to choose between seeking truth and living a "normal" human life?Depends on how you define "normal". The normal human life is full of lies. So of course that will not work. But you can still enjoy things like travel, friendship, fun, education, self-development, etc. With moderation.
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Girls interested in spirituality
Girls interested in spiritualityGo to yoga classes and other New Age activities to find more spiritual girls.
Although I've found even strippers and prostitutes who are heavy into spirituality. So they are out there.
23 is very young though. Girls that age tend to be shallow.
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Leo, why did you stop doing Yoga?
Leo, why did you stop doing Yoga?It's just not very effective for me. I think its effectiveness varies greatly from person to person. One of the things I hate about all these spritual teachings is how they assume that they are effective across the board for everyone. And then they blame you if it isn't effective on you. It's all very unscientific.
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Are women on dating apps broken? Or am I doing something wrong?
Are women on dating apps broken? Or am I doing something wrong?You don't need to keep a girl consistently swept off her feet to get her to be your exclusive girlfriend. You can even be abusive to girls and most of them will still stick around for a long time. When a girl is seriously attracted to you she will put up with a lot of shit before she leaves.
For me, keeping a girl around and loyal to me is effortless. I don't "work" at it. It just happens. The biggest thing I have to do is to make sure I'm too not brutually honest or critical of her, because girls cannot take it and take everything personally.
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Suffering is the best teacher
Suffering is the best teacherLong before anyone will ever Awaken, they need love from others around them. People who don't receive love will never make it to Awakening.
One of the reasons for all my success in this field is that I had the most loving mother in the world. This allowed me to be ruthless in my pursuit of Truth. Without love you will be too weak to pursue Truth. That's like asking a starving man to pursue academia.
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A Bit Jealous Of Girls
A Bit Jealous Of GirlsNice strawman.
Being a CEO requires balls, not tits.
You underplay their value. Not just $10 but $1000s of dollars. Free food. Free cars. Free vacations. Free medicine. Job offers. etc.
A girlfriend of mine got a free Mercedes SUV from a billionaire working in a hotel. A free brand new fucking Mercedes! Just for being a girl. She didn't even sleep with him! Now she drives that Mercedes to my house to sleep in my bed.
Of course it won't get you serious power.
A pair of tits is not worth billions of dollars. But it is worth tens to hundreds of thousands. Maybe even millions if you play it right.
For a waitress, a boob job will pay for itself within a year. That's just how the world works. So yes, it is nice to be a girl sometimes.
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What is Consciousness? - Bashar
What is Consciousness? - BasharExcellent interconnected, sprawling talk by a channeled entity named Bashar.
Topics include everything from the nature of consciousness and advanced alien technology to life purpose and shifting beliefs:
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Actualized.org Video Summaries!
Actualized.org Video Summaries!The most recent list of Summaries & Episodes is here 📜 Leo's Blog: Table of Contents 📜 ▶️ Blog Videos, Summaries & Interviews ▶️ 🍄 Actualized.org on Psychedelics 🍄 (has all resources on psychedelics)
Leo’s "20 Dream Killers" article. There’s an Actualized.org Textbook. It was assembled by @Cepzeu and others. Summaries in the Textbook (v2) will say: (book pg XXX). You can also check out Leo’s Personal Development Blueprint. It covers over 100 concepts in personal development.
Actualized.org Youtube Episodes:
The first 200 episodes have transcripts in the video section of Actualized.org If you want to contribute to this thread, select one of the episodes that still needs a summary and post it here Episodes: 1 - 300
Episodes: 301 - 537
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Contemplating around Actualized Quotes #030
Contemplating around Actualized Quotes #030The nice thing is that others are effectively real at the normal human level of consciousness. They only lose their realness at higher levels. So if you want others, just stay at the human level and stop torturing yourself with lofty metaphysical ideas.
But if you want Awakening, then you will have to confront some difficult truths and madness is part of that. Consciousness at its higher levels does veer into madness. You gotta enjoy that sorta thing. It's an acquired taste. Personally, I find solipsism profoundly beautiful. But this requires a proper framing of it. If you frame it as bad then you can't see its beauty.
It's funny why people are so desperate for everything to be "real", when it's much better that everything is imaginary. It's better that everything is a dream. Waking up requires an appreciation of dreams. Yes you're dreaming, but that IS reality, and that's great. You gotta start treating life like a divine game, full of fun tricks.
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How do I accept human stupidity?
How do I accept human stupidity?You gotta realize that all human stupidity has a deep intelligence behind it. People are stupid for good reasons. No exceptions.
And remind yourself that reality is Perfect. To hold reality as imperfect is itself you being stupid. So now you got something in common with everyone else
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Actualized.org Video Summaries!
Actualized.org Video Summaries!📜 Leo's Blog: Table of Contents 📜 ▶️ Blog Videos, Summaries & Interviews ▶️ 🍄 Actualized.org on Psychedelics 🍄 (has all resources on psychedelics)
Leo’s “20 Dream Killers” article. There’s an Actualized.org Textbook that was assembled by @Cepzeu and others. You can download it at: Actualized.org Textbook. Summaries that are in Textbook (version 2) will say: (book pg XXX). You can also check out Leo’s Personal Development Blueprint. It covers over 100 concepts in personal development.
Actualized.org Youtube Episodes:
The first 200 episodes have transcripts in the video section of Actualized.org If you want to contribute to this thread, select one of the episodes that still needs a summary and post it here Episodes: 1 - 300
Episodes: 301 - 537
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Contemplating around Actualized Quotes #030
Contemplating around Actualized Quotes #030Well, I have a massive book to write, which will be my highest contribution to mankind in the area of philosophy.
But then I was thinking of something related to digital art and motion graphics.
It's not clear yet how far Actualized.org should go. I cannot predict anything at this point. I have to be open to wherever God directs me.